A RECORD NUMBER of people are heading to the polls around the world this year, including in Asia. This is particularly significant for the...

Over the years it has been called many things: motor vehicle registration fee, motor vehicle user’s charge, and by 2024, motor vehicle road user’s...

Continuing this column’s “Top 10” series for 2023, we look at government debt indicators. Below are the 20 countries with the largest public debt...

FOOD WASTAGE has become an environmental issue. The numbers are staggering. About one-third of food production for human consumption is scrapped. In 2022, this...

In his Message for the 2023 World Day of the Poor celebrated on Nov. 19, 2023, Pope Francis recalled the 60th anniversary of the encyclical Pacem in Terris of Pope Saint John XXIII by quoting the following from the encyclical: “Every human being enjoys the right to life, to bodily integrity and to the means necessary for the proper development of life, including food, clothing, shelter, medical care, rest, and, finally the necessary social services.

It is not uncommon to say “have a Prosperous New Year” when we greet friends and acquaintances at the start of the year. But...

Although I happen to know Speaker Martin Romualdez’ admirable mother from college days, I really have no particular opinion about him as yet. I...

In 2014, a group of about 20 women came together in Hanoi, Vietnam to found the ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network or AWEN. Headed by...

This being the first working day of 2024 and my first column for the year, I thought I should start with a happy note....

Happy New Year, dear readers. Here’s a lookback of important developments in the global energy industry. In the table below, I grouped the countries...

In the vibrant heart of Taft Avenue, Manila, my micropreneurial journey has been a tapestry woven with challenges and triumphs. As we stand on...